Materials science for structural geology

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Materials science for structural geology

Mervyn S. Paterson

(Springer geochemistry, mineralogy)

Springer, c2013

  • : hardback

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Description

This book sets out the basic materials science needed for understanding the plastic deformation of rocks and minerals. Although at atmospheric pressure or at relatively low environmental pressures, these materials tend to be brittle, that is, to fracture with little prior plastic deformation when non-hydrostatically stressed, they can undergo substantial permanent strain when stressed under environmental conditions of high confining pressure and high temperature, such as occur geologically in the Earth's crust and upper mantle. Thus the plastic deformation of rocks and minerals is of fundamental interest in structural geology and geodynamics. In mountain-building processes and during convective stirring in the Earth's mantle, rocks can undergo very large amounts of plastic flow, accompanied by substantial changes in microstructure. These changes in microstructure remain in the rocks as evidence of the past deformation history. There are a number of types of physical processes whereby rock and minerals can undergo deformation under geological conditions. The physics of these processes is set out in this book.

Table of Contents

From the Contents: The Nature of Rocks and Minerals as Materials.- Thermodynamics.- Rate Processes.- Mechanical Fundamentals - Macroscopic.- Deformation Mechanisms - Atomic Transfer Flow.- Deformation Mechanisms - Crystal Plasticity.- Deformation Mechanisms - Granular Flow.

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  • NCID
    BB14095902
  • ISBN
    • 9789400755444
  • Country Code
    ne
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Dordrecht
  • Pages/Volumes
    xiv, 247 p.
  • Size
    25 cm
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